The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-08
THE MELROSE RECORD
a PROTEST.

At a meeting of the friends of pub
lie schools of Melrose, in Stearns
county, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, the superintendent Of
public schools for the state of Mime
sofa, Prof. ID. L. Klehle, IN his com.
ments on the condition of public
schools made on the report of visit
made by Prof. w. F. Rocheleau to-
several OF the schools of this county,
published in the Minneapolis Tribune
of Dec. 9th inst, makes some state
ments which in our judgment are err
roneous and calculated to mislead the
public as to the real standing of the
public schools in Stearns county,,
WHEREAS, the friends of the public
schools in Melrose consider it a di,
rect insult to them, inasmuch as the
comments of Prof. Kiehle referred to
seems to us to be intended as white
wash for County Supt, Rocholl,
WHEREAS, had the county school
superintendent aud Prof. Rocheleau
made it a point to have visited the
schools of which complaint had been
made Gas they seem to avoid them)
they could have found plenty OF evil
dence to substantiate the complaints
as heretofore made and supported by
affidavit,
AND WHEREAS, Prof. Kiehle makes
the statement that the controversy at
Melrose between the friends of public
schools and those opposed to them
was OF a personal, national and re-
ligious character, and SO stating as to
blame both sides alike,
AND WHEREAS, he makes the state.
ment that after the examination made
by Prof. Rocheleau of some of the
public schools in Stearns county he
concludes that there is no opposition
TO the public schools in Stearns coun.
ty, as seemed to be exhibited In Mel.
rose and elsewhere,
AND WHEREAS, in our iudgmen,
all of the schools visited in which nc
opposition to support the public
school system was manifested, j:
solely on account of their being con.
Quoted in the interest of sectarianisu
and German text books largely used
therein, and for which the public
money is used,
THEREFORE BE 1T RESOLVED: Isl
That the school controversy as 1t ex
listed here in Melrose was not, of :
personal, national or religious charac
ter on the part of the friends of tht
public schools, but altogether and
solely so on the part of its enemies
2nd-That the comments of Prof
Kiehle on our public schools o
Stearns county, show that he is no
correctly informed as to the facts II
regard to the matters complained OF
3d-That the friends of public
schools in Melrose have no feeling o.
enmity towards those who are op
posed to our public schools here Oh
elsewhere, but would welcome then
all to hearty cooperation in the
building up and advancing the best
interests of our school SYSTEM, inas
much as we hold that the proper edu
cation of the masses is the bulwark o
personal, civil and religious Liberties
4th-That we submit to the fair ant
candid judgment OF the public wheth
er ali examination of the matter com
planned OF in our public schools where
only one side is represented is not ;
fraud. 9Th That we deprecate thu
fact OF the existing opposition to ou
public schools here and elsewhere anc
particularly so because the opposition
is of a somewhat national and SO
called religious character.
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